The Sheriff's Second Chance

The Sheriff's Second Chance
Michelle Celmer

USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Celmer takes us to Paradise, Colorado, where you can go home again… It's bad enough when Caitlyn Cavanaugh crawls back to Paradise with her tail between her legs after her life in the big city goes bust. But to run right into her ex, Deputy Sheriff Nathan Jeffries - and still be attracted to the man - is too much! True, she'd left him to pursue her dream after high school, but he'd wasted no time - well, maybe a month - before marrying her best friend and having a child. Now that Caitie's back, it's Nate's job to rescue this damsel in distress from a series of minor mishaps. Sure, the single dad's strategy is keep up a cold, professional facade with the irritating beauty…but tell that to his heart!

“I guess we blew our chance.”

“Big-time,” Nathan said.

“Even if we were still attracted to each other … and I’m not saying I am, but if we were, we have completely separate lives now. I made a life for myself in New York. And you have a family here. Unless either of us were willing to relocate—”

“So, are you saying that you’re not attracted to me?”

Men and their pride. “I never said that.”

“And you call me elusive,” he said.

He was using her own words against her. And he seemed … closer than he’d been a minute before. “I was speaking hypothetically,” she told him.

Yes, he was definitely closer now. So close she could make out his individual features in the dark. So close she had to tilt her chin up to meet his gaze. And when she did, when their eyes locked, something in the air shifted.

“So, are you or aren’t you?”

The Sheriff’s Second Chance

Michelle Celmer

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

MICHELLE CELMER is a bestselling author of more than thirty books. When she’s not writing, she likes to spend time with her husband, kids, grandchildren and a menagerie of animals.

Michelle loves to hear from readers. Visit her website, www.michellecelmer.com, like her on Facebook or write her at PO Box 300, Clawson, MI 48017, USA.

For my Mom,

who never once doubted that I would be a success

For my Dad,

who continues to support and encourage me

For Charles,

who is not just a kick-ass editor, but a friend

For Melissa,

whose faith in me has driven my career since she bought my first book

For my children and grandchildren,

who never fail to remind me of what’s important

And finally, for Steve, whose strength has taught me

that giving up is never an option

Contents

Chapter One (#uc71be8bd-0650-50fe-99aa-16566a6f263f)

Chapter Two (#uf9aeaca8-7c1c-5922-99d6-7f128950c30b)

Chapter Three (#ua8102c10-460e-5d7f-995e-7ea6de2a550f)

Chapter Four (#ud8ba81f5-8158-57ba-bbad-51350c3bb401)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter One

The instant Deputy Sheriff Nathan Jefferies pulled his cruiser into the diner lot and saw his dad, P.J., standing out front instead of waiting inside like he always did, he knew something was up. He grabbed the phone he’d lobbed onto the dash when he’d walked Cody into day care, and, sure enough, there were two missed calls from his dad and two more from his mom.

By the time he killed the engine and climbed out of the car, his dad was standing at the driver’s side door—definitely not their usual routine. “Something wrong?”